394 stories by "Susan Galbraith"
Signature Theatre and its own "Scottsboro boys" have given us a musical for our times. Smart. Searing. Dangerous. Funny. Provocative. And " as it continues to expose and engage us in a c…
Some of the best of Spoleto comes happenstance and often spills out onto the streets. So don't let the size of your wallet dictate whether you can take part in the joyful exuberance of t…
To judge the relative importance of a performing arts festival, one must ask the questions: "How are the arts furthered?" and "How are the artists being pushed?" Challenges come in all shape…
Charleston ravishes the senses. The unique aromas of this town hit you on your first step onto its streets. Confederate jasmine and magnolia mix with the smell of salty pluff mud at low tide…
I do not know. I do not remember. These are the words of a man looking back on his life: a young man haunted by shame and the pain of losing a part of himself as he lost his family. They bec…
Candide is one of those hybrids (opera/Broadway show) that seemed so radical and ungainly a child when it first appeared in 1953 that it shocked and raised the critical ire of many. No one w…
Washington, especially the State Department it seems, wants to get back its swagger (sic.) No need to look further than taking a cue from the newly landed stellar body in our midst, baritone…
The accidental Samuel Beckett festival now going on in Washington (Scena Theatre’s three one-acts, Arcturus Theatre’s two one-acts) has been made internationally lustrous by a…
April appears to be the month of celebrating locally not only cherry blossoms but playwright Samuel Beckett. There are three notable productions in town. Scena Theatre has just presented The…
The partnership between Washington National Opera and The Kennedy Center continues to dominate the opera scene in Washington. But Deborah Rutter, at the helm of the entire arts complex, cont…
Deborah Rutter, President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts announced the Citizen Artists Initiative in 2016, and she has been bringing together a group of talented young artists ea…
What does radical empathy look like? Look no further than the plays of Athol Fugard. He has made his life’s work giving voice to the Black Africans of South Africa who were not allowed…
In the darkness, a disembodied voice tells us we are embarking on a journey and instructs us to ready ourselves for take off and to put our cell phones to airplane mode. Then so many thousan…
This past week brought a powerful confluence of "wake up" energy to Washington, DC. Sunday, people gathered at Washington's National Cathedral to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who ga…
With Florida, the world premiere of an opera by composer Randall Eng and librettist Donna Di Novelli, Urban Arias just got bigger. It's not just that the piece of ninety-five minutes didn't …
Susan Galbraith speaks with director Aaron Posner and actor Katie deBuys during rehearsals for The Winter’s Tale which opens at Folger Theatre this week. ————&#…
The icy blast that whipped through Washington this past week blew in a work rarely seen to the Kennedy Center's Opera House Saturday night that both tested one's brain stamina and also broug…
Watching a Baroque opera delivered by Ryan Brown and Opera Lafayette can feel like a refreshing "re-set" time-travel from warp-speed to the pace of a gently-moving skiff down a lazy river. E…
Opera has a promising future, judging by this past weekend's plethora of riches delivered in the newly renovated Terrace Theatre at The Kennedy Center. As part of the American Opera Init…
In a world where facts are malleable, the working government gets shut down, good people are without protection of the law, bureaucrats are colluding with the powerful and mad, and officials…
This weekend a new opera, Proving Up, proved itself indeed " a chamber opera worthy for the 21st century. Born out of a spirit of inquiry, Proving Up is mysterious, mesmerizing, startling in…
This coming weekend Washington National Opera will showcase its most vital work: insuring the future of the form by developing young creative talent through its American Opera Initiative (AO…
Stillpointe Theatre, a Baltimore-based company known for its sharp takes on the American musical, has just entered the field of opera and became one of the first out of the gate this year to…
The Little Prince returned to earth this past weekend, filling the newly renovated Terrace Theater at the Kennedy Center with a veritable feast of sound and sights. "Amazing!" pronounced Kik…
Christmas traditions can pull you back into memories of your favorite childhood outings, gooey or punchy. MetroStage has delivered a seasonal British music hall with more punch than goo.…
